A new generation of extended wear soft contact lenses have been introduced that the FDA has approved for up to 30 days of continuous wear. Not everyone can tolerate 30-day extended wear lenses for a full month of continuous wear, just as some people cannot wear 7-day extended wear lenses safely and comfortably for a full week. Flexible wear may be a safe and comfortable alternative if you are unable to tolerate full-time continuous wear of extended wear lenses.

Sometimes, dependence on eyeglasses or contact lenses can become so strenuous that individuals turn to alternative methods of repairing and correcting their vision. Lasik eye surgery is becoming increasingly popular because of its high success percentages. LASIK is an acronym for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis, and is a surgery by which the shape of the cornea - the clear covering of the eye - is permanently altered to improve the quality of vision.

A new generation of extended wear soft contact lenses have been introduced that the FDA has approved for up to 30 days of continuous wear. Not everyone can tolerate 30-day extended wear lenses for a full month of continuous wear, just as some people cannot wear 7-day extended wear lenses safely and comfortably for a full week. Flexible wear may be a safe and comfortable alternative if you are unable to tolerate full-time continuous wear of extended wear lenses.

Laser Assisted In-Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) is currently the most common elective surgical procedure in the world with over one million people having LASIK each year. Although very popular and safe by surgical standards, LASIK is not for everybody. It is important to understand the advantages and limitations of LASIK and to select a qualified doctor to be assured of the highest probability of a desired outcome.

What is LASIK?

In 1998 I had the chance to "throw away my glasses" and undergo LASIK. At the time, LASIK was not an FDA-approved procedure, but was being performed "off-label" on lasers that had been approved for another refractive procedure called PRK. LASIK is performed by cutting a flap into the cornea, flipping it back, burning tissue from the middle layer of the cornea (called the stroma), returning the flap to its original position, smoothing it into place and wait for healing to take place.

While LASIK surgery is a life-changing procedure undergone by millions of people worldwide to correct bad vision, many people experience complications from this type of corrective surgery. Some of these complications are quite rare but others happen more often. A person thinking of undergoing LASIK surgery should be the aware of the possible downsides.

Some days it feels like a miracle, I can see perfectly and I'm not wearing contacts or glasses. Lasik eye surgery is wonderful, and everything turned out wonderfully in the end with LasikPlus. I have my fair share of complaints though. The short review - the good doctors and machines at LasikPlus make up for its many problems, but the problems are a headache you should be ready for.

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LASIK or Laser-Assisted Insitu Keratomileusis is a procedure that permanently changes the shape of the cornea, using an excimer laser. This is mainly indicated for those who dislike glasses or find that contact lenses are troublesome. The procedure is performed with an excimer laser and it is a painless procedure.

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Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind

If you're like me, you've been wearing glasses and/or contact lenses for nearsightedness for many, many years to see even the slightest distance from your face. When you roll out of bed, the first thing you grab is a pair of vision correctors just to use the bathroom, see yourself in the mirror, even to make sure you're wearing matching shoes!

LASIK is an acronym for Laser In-Situ Keratomileusis. I guess the people who invented it didn’t like the sound of LAISK surgery so they switched the “I” with the “S”. Despite the lack of acronym-making skills, their laser eye surgery procedure has been a godsend for hundreds of thousands around the world. There’s little argument that LASIK surgery is a wonderful vision correction procedure, but what exactly is it?